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Program 06-09-03-A

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Crime may not pay but writing crime fiction does. Just ask the Swedish writer, Henning Mankell. Or those who write "Tartan Noir"...Scottish detective fiction. In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, we'll explore Northern Europe's fictional crime wave. Also, Roger Ebert on the dark, cynical world of film noir. And some of the most depressing songs you've even heard.

SEGMENT 1:

Stuart MacBride writes "Tartan Noir" - darkly funny crime thrillers set in Scotland. His new one is "Dying Light." MacBride tells Jim Fleming why he's inspired by his native Aberdeen, and that he never makes fun of his victims even when his cops display dark humor. Also, Steve Paulson reports on the flourishing state of Scandinavian crime fiction. And The Residents present some of their serialized musical radio-drama podcast called "River of Crime."

SEGMENT 2:

Roger Ebert won the Pulitzer Prize in 1975 and is probably the most famous movie critic in America. He talks with Steve Paulson about the movie genre known as film noir. Ebert's books include "The Great Movies" and "The Great Movies II."

SEGMENT 3:

Tom Reynolds risked his mental health to compile "I Hate Myself and Want to Die: The 52 Most Depressing Songs You've Ever Heard." Reynolds tells Anne Strainchamps how he managed to listen to everything and stay sane. And of course, we hear examples.

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Books:

Roger Ebert, The Great Movies II (Broadway Books) Roger Ebert, The Great Movies (Broadway Books)
Karin Fossum/Felicity David, Translator , He Who Fears the Wolf (Inspector Sejer Mysteries) (Harcourt)
Arnaldur Indridason, Jar City: A Reykjavik Thriller (St. Martin's Minotaur)
Stuart MacBride, Dying Light (St. Martin's Minotaur)
Henning Mankell, The Man Who Smiled: A Kurt Wallender Mystery (New Press)
Tom Reynolds , I Hate Myself and Want to Die: The 52 Most Depressing Songs You've Ever Heard (Hyperion)

Websites:

• -- Stuart MacBride
  http://www.stuartmacbride.com/en/
  
• -- Henning Mankell
  http://www.henningmankell.com/
  
• -- Arnaldur Indridason
  http://www.bokmenntir.is/rithofundur.asp?cat_id=674&author_id=7
  
• -- Karin Fossum
  http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/f/karin-fossum/
  
• -- The Residents' River of Crime (Cordless Recordings)
  http://www.riverofcrime.com/
  http://riverofcrime.residents.com/
  http://www.residents.com/
  http://www.cordless.com/
  
• -- Roger Ebert
  http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/
  
• -- Tom Reynolds
  http://www.hyperionbooks.com/titlepage.asp?ISBN=140130835X

Clips:

• -- "Double Indemnity"
  from the DVD, "Double Indemnity: Special Edition" (Universal Studios
  Home Entertainment)
  http://homevideo.universalstudios.com/title.php?titleId=452
  http://homevideo.universalstudios.com/home_ent_content.html
  
• -- "Detour"
  from the DVD, "Detour" (Alpha Video)
  http://www.oldies.com/product-view/4067D.html
  http://www.oldies.com/

Music:

• -- "Main Title" from "The Asphalt Jungle"
  from the CD, "Murder Is My Beat: Classic Film Noir Themes and Scenes"
  (Motion Picture Soundtrack Collection) (Turner Classic Movies Music/
  Rhino Movie Music)
  http://www.rhino.com/store/ProductDetail.lasso?Number=72466
  http://www.rhino.com/
  http://www.tcm.com
  
• -- "Bottom of the World (End Title)" from "Force Of Evil"
  from the CD, "Murder Is My Beat: Classic Film Noir Themes and Scenes"
  (Motion Picture Soundtrack Collection) (Turner Classic Movies Music/
  Rhino Movie Music)
  http://www.rhino.com/store/ProductDetail.lasso?Number=72466
  http://www.rhino.com/
  http://www.tcm.com
  
• -- "Spooky"/Money Mark
  from the CD, "Mark's Keyboard Repair" (MoWax/A&M Records)
  http://www.moneymark.com/
  
• -- "Herrmann"/Arling & Cameron
  from the CD, "Arling & Cameron present Music for Imaginary Films"
  (Emperor Norton Records)
  http://www.xs4all.nl/~drive/
  
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  Music used in Tom Reynolds mix:
  -- "Gloomy Sunday"/Billie Holiday
  from the CD, "Lady Day: The Best of Billie Holiday (Sony)
  -- "Goodbye to Love"/The Carpenters
  from the CD, Carpenters: Singles 1969-1981 (Interscope Records)
  -- "At Seventeen"/Janis Ian
  from the CD, Souvenirs: Best of Janis Ian 1972-1981 (Festival Records)
  -- "One"/Metallica
  from the CD, "And Justice For All" (Elektra/WEA)
  -- "Artificial Flowers"/Bobby Darin
  from the CD, "The Hit Singles Collection" (Elektra/WEA)
  -- "Seasons in the Sun"/Terry Jacks
  from the CD, "70's Greatest Rock Hits: #1 Hits, Vol. 9" (Priority Records)
  
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  -- "Pick Up The Pieces"/AWB
  from the CD, "Rock Instrumental Classics, Volume 3: The Seventies"
  (Rhino)
  http://www.rhino.com/store/ProductDetail.lasso?Number=71603
  http://www.rhino.com/
  

Distribution dates:

week of 12/23/2007 - hour 1 week of 09/03/2006 - hour 1

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